See Also: Maslow, Abraham H(arold)(encyclopedia)
Maslow(medicine)
Maslow's hierarchy(medicine)
Greenberg, Joseph H(arold)(encyclopedia)
Johnson, John H(arold)(encyclopedia)
White, Theodore H(arold)(encyclopedia)
Barton, Sir Derek H(arold) R(ichard)(encyclopedia)
Abraham(encyclopedia)
Abraham(dictionary)
Abraham-man(health)

Maslow, Abraham H(arold) (sh)




born April 1, 1908, New York, N.Y., U.S.
died June 8, 1970, Menlo Park, Calif.

U.S. psychologist.

He taught at Brooklyn College (1937-51) and Brandeis University (1951-69). A practitioner of humanistic psychology, he is known for his theory of "self-actualization." In Motivation and Personality (1954) and Toward a Psychology of Being (1962), Maslow argued that each person has a hierarchy of needs that must be satisfied, ranging from basic physiological requirements to love, esteem, and, finally, self-actualization. As each need is satisfied, the next higher level in the emotional hierarchy dominates conscious functioning.